Current Garden Design Projects
We are currently working on many garden design projects across North East Scotland. These include full redesigns and also planting designs for outdoor spaces for our domestic clients and also some public spaces. These include:- Coastal garden near Banff. Coastal garden near Nairn, Highlands. Contemporary style garden in Inverurie – front garden redesign. Public space […]
Inverurie Cottage Garden: Planting Design
Design Brief To create a planting plan for a front garden near Inverurie which was laid to lawn. The design brief for this South West facing garden was for all year round colour and interest. The client had created two beds in this area – a circular one and rectangular one. We decided on different […]
Contemporary Circle Garden
Design Brief: The property was a new build house with a rear garden laid to lawn. The clients wanted a curved contemporary garden design. They were keen to have a larger patio area for outdoor entertaining, a raised bed wrapping around the patio, additional seating and colourful contemporary planting with all year round interest. The […]
Contemporary Terraced Garden
Design brief: The clients wanted to create a more usable space in the side and back garden. The side garden is South West facing and gets lot of sun in the afternoon and evening. They wanted to create an area where they could sit in the evening as the sunset. They also wanted privacy in […]
Aberdeen Garden: Planting Design
Design Brief To create a planting plan for a South West facing back garden in Aberdeen’s West End. This included a border close to the house next to a sunny patio, an entrance border to the garden from existing steps and enhanced planting to existing borders in the garden. The design brief for this sunny […]
Inverurie Garden: Planting Design
Design Brief To create a planting plan for a new build back garden in Inverurie which was predominately laid to lawn. The design brief for this South facing garden was for all year round colour and interest with textural plants in purples, pinks and whites. The client wanted some vertical height in the planting to […]
Drought tolerant perennial plants
Our top 5 drought tolerant perennials Drought tolerant plants are usually native to dry regions such as the Mediterranean. However they can still be grown in our cooler gardens. They have evolved to thrive in dry soils with little rainfall by developing characteristics such as thick fleshy leaves to store water or silver or grey-green […]
Plants for winter structure
Evergreen plants for winter structure A question which I am often asked at my consultations is ‘what can I grow in my garden in North East Scotland which will look good all year round?’ Many people would like to emulate the show gardens at Chelsea Flower Show (wouldn’t we all?!). But many plants featured there […]
Milltimber Garden
Design Brief The clients were looking for a large outdoor entertaining area which link their architecture designed new house to the back garden. The planting needed to provide year-round colour in a warm colour palette and be low maintenance. Planting was also designed for beds around the driveway in the front garden. This had a […]
Circle garden: Planting Design
Design Brief To create a planting plan for a new build garden which the clients had already designed and landscaped themselves. The design brief was for all year round colour and interest with textural plants in purple, pink and white. The client wanted some vertical height in the planting and also climbers to cover the […]
